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Jan/Feb 2009 Are You Weeks Lined Up

Snowbirds January February 2009

Hope all the snow birds are reserving weeks for the 2009 season...

Seems people who go to Florida in winter often mix it up with resorts on the East and West Coasts, as well as Orlando...

Come on down..........
 
AwayWeGo said:
We formerly did straight week-for-week timeshare exchanges for our January vacations in Florida -- got Vistana Orlando & TaraNova ImperiaLakes that way & were pleased (a) with the value of the trades & (b) with the quality of the accommodations.

Then we added timeshare points to the mix & started making Instant Exchange & Last Call reservations for our after-Christmas Florida vacations instead of straight-weeks timeshare trades. Those bargain deals don't allow for much advance planning. Even so, that way (so far) we snagged Silver Lake Resort Silver Points, Visatana Villages, Wyndham (FairField) Cypress Palms, & Resort At Golf World Village (St. Augustine).

Based on the way it's gone for us so far, we'll be seeing what we can snag for January 2009 via Last Call & Instant Exchange -- meaning there's no sense in flipping through the Wish Book till much later in the year.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
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I stayed in the Vistana Orlando too, but it was about 8 years ago. My family and I spent 2 weeks straight there and it made for a much more enjoyable vacation.

If you can spare the vacation days from work, 2-weeks in a row lets you really settle in and relax. Just make sure washers+dryers are available on your resort--the last thing you want to do is spend time in a laundrymat on your vacation.
 
Anymore 2009 Snowbirds For Florida

Calling all Tugger's with plans for multi-week stays next year.

How many stay 4 or more weeks at the same resort?
 
I can't wait til I can take vacation like you all. Although I love FL for the weather and entertainment, I have a snowboarding family that loves the snow. However I do have all of my 2009 weeks booked (made some adjustments)

Jan - Massenutten, VA (using 5 days over holiday)
Feb - Shawnee Depuy, PA (using 5 days over holiday)
Apr - Smuggler's Notch, VT
May - Mayan, Acapulco (using 5 days over holiday)
Jun - Cliffs at Peace (4th of July week)
July - Wyndam Newport Onshore, RI
Sept - Royal Mayan, Cancun (using 5 days over holiday)
Nov - Orlando International, FL & 3-Day Disney Cruise
Dec - Mirror Lake, Wisc Dells

:banana:

I will add a few more long weekends in there using my points about 60 days out. Now I am contemplating 2010...
 
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Add me to the four weekers list of Snowbirders in Florida 2009. I have not wanted to confess to preplanning the Winter 2009 as I am way too young. And I used to spend the winters skiing at Tremblant and Grey Rocks (in late January) - should I practice my better French terms for Florida?
 
15 weeks at Orange Lake for 4th year in a row. Working on 2010.
 
Week 2 - SDO, Scottsdale

Week 9 - The Hammocks, Marathon Key

Ann
 
Calling All 2009 Timeshare Snowbirds for Florida

Trying to update our list of 2009 Florida timeshare snowbirds.

Or are you still planning your weeks.............time is marching on.
 
Not Yet.

london said:
Or are you still planning your weeks.............time is marching on.
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We're holding out for Last Call & Instant Exchange.

Can't do those very far in advance.

So it goes.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 
Last Call For Florida In January

How many tuggers wait for last calls for January vacations in Florida?

Orlando seems to have the most availability.

We have 6 weeks planned for 2009, weeks 2 thru 7.
 
Last Call. Instant Exchange. Mox Nix.

london said:
How many tuggers wait for last calls for January vacations in Florida?
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In addition to The Chief Of Staff & me you mean ?

We're not picky. We're happy with Last Call or Instant Exchange or both.

In January 2008, we spent an outstanding Instant Exchange week in St. Augustine FL followed by a fabulous Last Call week in Orlando / Kissimmee FL.

I'm looking forward with positive enthusiasm to something similar in January 2009.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
 
Jan/Feb 2009 Florida

Does everyone have weeks lined for next Winter in Florida.

RCI Trades are getting scarce now for beach resorts. Orlando has plenty of availability.

Where are the snowbirds?
 
I'm still waiting for something to pop up for our last week (Feb 21-28). Not much available for 2-bedroms with the week I am looking with.

Dori
 
I just booked our first Jan '10 week. It starts 12/12/09. :D
 
Our devalued trader was still able to snag Seawatch on the Beach at FMB, which is one of the better SW FL resorts, one of the HGVCs. I was surprised.

I called and it is a beachfront unit, with full lanai off the LR and MBR.

In all my years of doing this and all the January weeks we have traded into SW FL (more than 30), this will be only our second HGVC. January '09 will be our first Sanibel, which I got by continuing daily searches after already booking an exchange. Actually, I switched from one Sanibel resort to another, from a small 1-bedroom to a huge 2-bedroom.
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As to the discussions about multiple weeks in FL, the TUG Grand Champions in that category is/are Ray and Darlene Harper, with their annual 26 weeks, which they are no longer able to do.

If anyone is curious as to their typical schedule, I saved one that Ray posted a few years back. I'd have to look around to find it. It's in one of the sheds, or the garage, or maybe the basement. ;)

Last time I talked to Ray I believe he said they have given their weeks to their kids. :(

london said:
JLB

Where are you heading on Dec 12, 09? SW FL I bet?
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We really miss meeting with Ray and Darlene in Florida every February. We would compare schedules and then arrange to meet for lunch or coffee/drinks. We would take turns each year, one year they would come to us and the next year we would visit them. The last time we saw them, they treated us to lunch at the Marriott. They are a wonderful couple and an inspiration to all timesharers

Dori
 
I'm sure you would get a unanimous vote on all of that.

It must be their fine Des Moines upbringing! :D

The last time we saw them we were at OL. They invited us over to Summer Bay and Ray gave us a tour like he owned the place. :D

Small world . . . I just mentioned Ray and Darlene in an email to a TUGger a few minutes ago.

Dori said:
We really miss meeting with Ray and Darlene in Florida every February. We would compare schedules and then arrange to meet for lunch or coffee/drinks. We would take turns each year, one year they would come to us and the next year we would visit them. The last time we saw them, they treated us to lunch at the Marriott. They are a wonderful couple and an inspiration to all timesharers

Dori
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Yay! Just booked our 4th week for February 21. We will be at Silver Lake in Kissimmee in a 2 bedroom 8/6. Hmmm. Now I'm thinking maybe we'll go for 5 weeks!

Dori
 
Five Weeks

Dori said:
Yay! Just booked our 4th week for February 21. We will be at Silver Lake in Kissimmee in a 2 bedroom 8/6. Hmmm. Now I'm thinking maybe we'll go for 5 weeks!

Dori
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Hi Dori,

Go for the 5 week plan.

Nice winter break from Canada.

We are going for 6 weeks, but that may be too long...well just wait and see.
 
We're booked!

We have fifteen weeks booked from January 3 - April 18th. We have had them booked for over six months:

8 weeks at the VV Weston
1 week at Gulf Tides of Longboat Key
1 week at Little Gull
3 at Silver Lakes
2 at Spinnaker Waterside in Hilton Head.

Almost finished booking 2010.
 
What weeks are you going to be at Silver Lake? Maybe we'll see you there!

Dori

PS. Lodon, I'm really thinking hard about that 5th week!
 
Well, 2 of those would be on our list . . . if we couldn't get what we really want. . . and that day seems to be coming. :cool:

With the price of travel, and other FL factors, I'm not sure we would go to just somewhere in FL, just to be in Florida rather than the frozen tundra.

Except, maybe, warmer golf and dolphins would provide some relief to colder golf and bald eagles.

randkb said:
We have fifteen weeks booked from January 3 - April 18th. We have had them booked for over six months:

8 weeks at the VV Weston
1 week at Gulf Tides of Longboat Key
1 week at Little Gull
3 at Silver Lakes
2 at Spinnaker Waterside in Hilton Head.

Almost finished booking 2010.
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